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some people in the romney campaign, think it can wait, and want to do his foreign policy right before that debate, so there's some bringing together of these arguments. i think the time is now. you had governor romney asked about this last week on his plane. you know, how has the administration handled it? he said, look, it's too early to judge it. that's not the right answer. they've handled it incorrectly. basically everybody across the political spectrum thinks they've handled it incorrectly. i wouldn't leave it to the super pacs to do my work for me. this is exactly the type of ads that conservatives are looking for. >> it appears the romney campaign got brushed back because of the criticism. >> greta: you mean they got gun-shy? >> exactly. as the folks began to show that the obama administration's story was not holding up, that there were serious problems with security there, and perhaps in other places around the world, they didn't jump on it. and, you know, if you wait until when the foreign policy debate is scheduled, which is three weeks from now, that's way too long for this
some people in the romney campaign, think it can wait, and want to do his foreign policy right before that debate, so there's some bringing together of these arguments. i think the time is now. you had governor romney asked about this last week on his plane. you know, how has the administration handled it? he said, look, it's too early to judge it. that's not the right answer. they've handled it incorrectly. basically everybody across the political spectrum thinks they've handled it...
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there's a limited amount of currency that the romney campaign can get from foreign policy but the one thing the media is interested in so their one -- >> foreign policy is an important subject, regardless of whether the american public is vote on it. jonathan, there's something about the optics of seeing the president and first lady on "the view" talking about chris stevens and not meeting with world leaders and not meeting with leaders in the middle east at a period of great change and, you know, what did you make of that in terms of the message that sends? >> well, look, i agree that the libya question, the libya issue, is a vulnerability, like the spelling bee -- >> it's like obfuscation, another word as well. >> here's the problem republicans have in terms of the optics question about the president being on "the view." mitt and ann romney were on "kelly and michael," ann romney is going to be on leno tonight or in the coming days. you know, you can't make the argument that the president should be meeting with world leaders, not looking presidential when your own republican preside
there's a limited amount of currency that the romney campaign can get from foreign policy but the one thing the media is interested in so their one -- >> foreign policy is an important subject, regardless of whether the american public is vote on it. jonathan, there's something about the optics of seeing the president and first lady on "the view" talking about chris stevens and not meeting with world leaders and not meeting with leaders in the middle east at a period of great...
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>> mitt romney and paul ryan have the experience and record and they have the public policy plans to put america back to work. before we give a warm miami valley welcome to the next president and vice president of the united states i want you to give a warm welcome to a colleague of mine and friend who snuck across the border from kentucky today. he is a doctor who understands the dangers of obama care. he is a fiscal conservative who understands the nature of the record debts and deficits and understands they are a danger to our country and kids. finally, folks, he is someone who believes that we can not afford another four years of this. gentlemen, i give you mr. paul. >> anybody think it is time for a new president? >> anybody here think like i do that obama care is still unconstitutional? >> yeah. >> anybody here offended and mortified to see people around the world burning the american flag? >> yeah! >> president obama's response? send them more money. >> boo! >> they are attacking our embassies, burning our flag, torturing and imprisoning the man who helped us get bin laden. wh
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. >> rick: governor mitt romney slamming the president on foreign policy in his weekly pod cast he blames the president for failing to take a more aggressive roll over cease. >>. >> -- aggressive roll over cease. >> that places our friends and allies at the mercy event dan those who do us harm. in a time of testing an american president must show strong leadership. dangerous world, we can't allow indifference to undermine security. only strength and clarity can keep the peace. when i'm president, i'll reverse president obama's defense cuts. i'll call terrorism what it is. i will never abdicate american leadership. and i will never apologize for america. >> rick: governor romney focusing on the turmoil in the mideast taking the president to task for apparently not showing enough american leadership. >> arthel: new protests in the muslim world, thousands taking to the streets of pakistan's largest city. rally against an anti-islam film led for a radical muslim scholar calling for international law mack making it illegal for anyone to denigrate any religious prophet in iran students descendi
. >> rick: governor mitt romney slamming the president on foreign policy in his weekly pod cast he blames the president for failing to take a more aggressive roll over cease. >>. >> -- aggressive roll over cease. >> that places our friends and allies at the mercy event dan those who do us harm. in a time of testing an american president must show strong leadership. dangerous world, we can't allow indifference to undermine security. only strength and clarity can keep the...
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now moving on to foreign policy and trying to exploit openings here. i don't think obama is invulnerable on this stuff but when you look at the broader dynamics i have a hard time seeing how this is going to tn it around that dramatically. the situation in libya,e twhapp w chs stevens and do know as of -- the the has not had a press conference about it. the last we heard beyond jay carney's pressers, is susan rice saying this is unrelated to the video, a lotfy mrha surrounds what went down. it makes sense mitt romney would try to exploit that for campaign purposes and because he probably does have questions as many of us do about what exactly went wn and whether there w breach of u.s. intelligence? >> i think both speeches today and overall of state of the re no iha con operative word for the administration. right. they don't want do anything to disturb the patterns in the rate which are all moving in their direction. the libya story has been the one sort of story that persistently is sortf gnawing away a bit at their need to keep things e nitioe w toa
now moving on to foreign policy and trying to exploit openings here. i don't think obama is invulnerable on this stuff but when you look at the broader dynamics i have a hard time seeing how this is going to tn it around that dramatically. the situation in libya,e twhapp w chs stevens and do know as of -- the the has not had a press conference about it. the last we heard beyond jay carney's pressers, is susan rice saying this is unrelated to the video, a lotfy mrha surrounds what went down. it...
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it's become a party that mitt romney says there is a model he's promised a veto. the gerry before the radical policy prescription called deportation, the idea of making life so miserable here that immigrants are literally purged from the country so it's hurt badly but hispanics. the strategy, that strategy means as you point out in your excellent paper, really the southwest is out of reach in large part because of this. they've pulled off the mexico. they have a shot in colorado and nevada but if the turnout is high not much. so thankfully the hispanic strategy that the romney strategy has been let's talk about the economy. the cuban americans and puerto ricans and in hopes we can peel off just enough of them because maybe that will be the trick. the problem is in florida of the hispanic electorate has changed quite significantly. the fastest-growing group are dimond puerto rican latin american immigrants for whom immigration is a defining issue in a litmus test issue. roughly a third now. so i suspect he's going to have a hard time winning florida in part because
it's become a party that mitt romney says there is a model he's promised a veto. the gerry before the radical policy prescription called deportation, the idea of making life so miserable here that immigrants are literally purged from the country so it's hurt badly but hispanics. the strategy, that strategy means as you point out in your excellent paper, really the southwest is out of reach in large part because of this. they've pulled off the mexico. they have a shot in colorado and nevada but...
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he clarified and said it's because of the romney and ryan policies that they were buried over the larger period than four yierz, but it's a bad comment. it's the four years that you are going to have president obama trying to defend -- tomorrow night. >> the problem is, joe biden talked about the one thing he was not supposed to talk about on the campaign. this is what the obama administration has been militant about -- they want to talk about the bad things of the bush administration and the things they may do in the future that will make them better. they don't want to talk about the last four years, in particular the fact that there arguably has know been a worse times for the middle class than in the past four years. >> this is the message they were trying to send. i saw a word analysis of the republican and the democratic convention. the words middle class mp used 10 time more at the democratic convention. he completely stepped -- >> greta: what would possess him to do that one? to say that the middle class was buried the last four years. even if he said 10 years, he would be better
he clarified and said it's because of the romney and ryan policies that they were buried over the larger period than four yierz, but it's a bad comment. it's the four years that you are going to have president obama trying to defend -- tomorrow night. >> the problem is, joe biden talked about the one thing he was not supposed to talk about on the campaign. this is what the obama administration has been militant about -- they want to talk about the bad things of the bush administration and...
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he said the middle-class had been buried by policies supported by romney in ryan. can he walk it back successfully? was a just an awful gas? >> at think it's pretty bad. the language is clear and unambiguous. governor romney can and i dare say should say and tell biden acknowledged that the middle-class was. because of your policies. was to you to that? stuart: it's an opening. >> a real opening. stuart: our next door. in numbers and government dependency. 36 percent are on at least one major welfare program. now another, only less than 1% of applications that come into the country or rejected on the grounds of the applicant might becoming dependent on the government. that is 7,000 out of 10 million rejected because they might become dependent. 36 percent have some dependency on the gunman. to the extraordinary numbers. let me jump in for a second before you even start. you can't -- you can keep anybody you like out of the country. you can limit entry to any group like because the constitution allows us to do that, doesn't it? >> yes and no. the issue of limiting p
he said the middle-class had been buried by policies supported by romney in ryan. can he walk it back successfully? was a just an awful gas? >> at think it's pretty bad. the language is clear and unambiguous. governor romney can and i dare say should say and tell biden acknowledged that the middle-class was. because of your policies. was to you to that? stuart: it's an opening. >> a real opening. stuart: our next door. in numbers and government dependency. 36 percent are on at least...
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policies are the bush plans uated. how do you answer that? >> it is. a former bush sechwriter tol ha it tne administration would be the third term of a bush presidency. and you look at it not simply on the fiscal policies and certainly what he's talked about publly in terms of cutti taxes, deregulation, and so rth, sounds an awful lot a like that contributed to the economic woes but if you look at the foreign policy folks, there is a very strong neo-conservatism in there. i guess if you want a third term of george w. bush, revend, i ink u're righ thsuptld bring it to you. >> now, george bush is a very, very knowledgeable politician. easy elected to the presidency governor of texas. what is he doing? he knows the inference. what is he doing here to romney? >> you're right. he's very smart and politically savvy. the thing is, grge bush, i thk,oesn't really care. you make a lot of money at these kinds of speeches and frankly there's no love lost between bush himself and romney and george bush did not simply go to the repu
policies are the bush plans uated. how do you answer that? >> it is. a former bush sechwriter tol ha it tne administration would be the third term of a bush presidency. and you look at it not simply on the fiscal policies and certainly what he's talked about publly in terms of cutti taxes, deregulation, and so rth, sounds an awful lot a like that contributed to the economic woes but if you look at the foreign policy folks, there is a very strong neo-conservatism in there. i guess if you...
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the truth is, governor, governor romney's tax policies are bad for america. they are geared to the super rich. they help him and his wealthy friends. and they hurt the middle class. joining me is steve and joan walsh editor of salon.com and an msnbc political analyst and author of the new book, "what's the matter with white people, why we long for golden age that never was." first, let me thank you both for being here tonight. steve, is romney running for the wrong job? should he be the accountant in chief? >> the thing with this is, any politician who has to start answering questions over the height of their campaign about taxes, that's going to be a problem. it meshes so perfectly with what democrats and president obama have been trying to say about the republican party in the republican party's priorities. the idea is the protector of this sort of privileged pampered super elite that's been immune to the great recession that's enjoyed preferential tax treatment, things like this, romney, when you start talking about a guy who pays such a low effective tax
the truth is, governor, governor romney's tax policies are bad for america. they are geared to the super rich. they help him and his wealthy friends. and they hurt the middle class. joining me is steve and joan walsh editor of salon.com and an msnbc political analyst and author of the new book, "what's the matter with white people, why we long for golden age that never was." first, let me thank you both for being here tonight. steve, is romney running for the wrong job? should he be...
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>> romney has to get this debate focused on policies. and his alternatives and why they would do better. virtually no talk about that in this campaign. if this campaign turned to that, that's hugely to romney's advantage and that's what he needs to focus on. >> does he have to give out more details? >> interesting to me to hear you guys talk about details. i didn't any of that in 2008. kay ser announced last week, since obama care was adopted. family insurance premiums have gone up $3,000. senator obama, how are you going to do that? it's not normal. >> i think all of us are talking about romney needs to shake up this race and change the dynamic. the poll numbers show that's the case. it's likely to change anyway even with a modest debate performance. i don't think we can take away the pressure that's on the president in this debate. because i remember full well in 2004, george w. bush was 6, 7 points ahead of john kerry. he didn't prepare well. that race went from a six-point race to a one-point race in 48 hours. i think barack obama ha
>> romney has to get this debate focused on policies. and his alternatives and why they would do better. virtually no talk about that in this campaign. if this campaign turned to that, that's hugely to romney's advantage and that's what he needs to focus on. >> does he have to give out more details? >> interesting to me to hear you guys talk about details. i didn't any of that in 2008. kay ser announced last week, since obama care was adopted. family insurance premiums have...
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there is a solid majority of ohio voters say they think governor romney's policies will benefit the rich. only 9 percent say the middle class will be benefited. less than a third think the policies will treat everyone the same. with president obama, 8 percent say it is helping the rich and the rest divided equally. that is not good for governor romney. this comes after the secretly recorded video of governor romney, saying 47 percent feel they are owed everything by the government and they will never take "responsibility." carl cameron, the campaign dispute as lot of the numbers. >>carl: they do. they point to the fact that real clear politics has five points for an advantage when you average all the polls. the bigger dispute is how most of the public commercial polls are being continue. they argue that the sample, or the personal of democrats in the pool of voters that are surveyed, is artificially inflated. in one poll, it assumes that the democratic registration will be nine percentage points higher than republicans and romney campaign says that is not true and would give a bias resul
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-- policy but thet and mitt romney have understood the need for the american people to have access to affordable, reliable energy and it's certainly very important for them to go after the independent voters and the undecided voters by talking about increasing domestic production and by talking about ways to bring that gas prices. unfortunately we have seen record high gas prices. we have record high gas prices here. and, you know, the fact that we are actually drilling a little bit more on private land is wonderful. we need to be producing more. domestic energy is so much less expensive than the oil that we import from the middle east. free can bring those of american resources on board. melissa: before we run out of time, what do you think mitt romney will say? >> this message will probably be the same. he is certainly going to support keystone much more than the president. and it will -- have placed to get all the north american energy reserves back on line. melissa: what do you think of each of there main weakness on energy? how can they attack each other? what would you say, how
-- policy but thet and mitt romney have understood the need for the american people to have access to affordable, reliable energy and it's certainly very important for them to go after the independent voters and the undecided voters by talking about increasing domestic production and by talking about ways to bring that gas prices. unfortunately we have seen record high gas prices. we have record high gas prices here. and, you know, the fact that we are actually drilling a little bit more on...
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. >> one of romney's top foreign policy advisors said the other day that obama has made the united states look impo nent the world. dot facts bear that out. >> i disagree with that. i disagree with that. the suggestion that somehow america could or even should be in the drivers seat in the arab spring is inherently ridiculous. i mean what happened in egypt was done by the people, the young people, primarily, in tahrir square. then the egypt that was left having lost its autocratic superstructure was still an egypt, just look at the distribution of the population, most likely to produce an islamist government, with which it did. all along the way we should try to maximize our values and our interests, including freedom and human rights, and not just majority rule but minority rights, and individual rights. but we couldn't control it, and we shouldn't. and i expect that's what president morsi will say here tomorrow. but if you look at libya, we had more opportunities to influence it, and we did. and we influenced it in a very positive way. and they like us more than a lot of people do in th
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making, and i'm guessing somewhere like governor romney would step in and say, our foreign policy needs more of a healthy dose of international economic involvement more in the way of trade, for example, which i think president obama has dropped the ball on for most of his four years, and we, therefore, need a structure that allows us to get there, hard as that is to do. and one would hope that even the smart analytical folks he might surround himself with, those are used to looking at complex corporate organizations, they would actually make some recommendations that would bring our bureaucracy into the 21st century on things as important as international economic decision-making, just to name one, there are many others. but that would be my sense of its. >> that would be very good and he would deserve a great service to the country. but once again he would probably waste his first four years. you have the bureaucracy itself that you have to deal with. plus there are a lot of authorization but when you start changing the pieces around on the table you've got to get congressional approv
making, and i'm guessing somewhere like governor romney would step in and say, our foreign policy needs more of a healthy dose of international economic involvement more in the way of trade, for example, which i think president obama has dropped the ball on for most of his four years, and we, therefore, need a structure that allows us to get there, hard as that is to do. and one would hope that even the smart analytical folks he might surround himself with, those are used to looking at complex...
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mitt romney's aides say he needs to respectfully indict the president's what they called failed policies over the last four years. another thing he may have to do is improve his likability. more than 50 million expected to watch. look at where the numbers stand. his unfavorable versus favorable numbers are the lowest in the nominee has had since 1992. that was george h.w. bush. you see the numbers in florida, virginia and ohio. in all three states, his favorable numbers are below 50%. and those 47% comments have certainly taken a toll on mitt romney as well. for people registered voters who were given a full description of those comments, after hearing that full description, 45% had a more negative view of mitt romney. 23%, a more positive view. >> you think the open was too sports centery? >> i liked it. >> good. peter alexander in denver. thanks so much for bringing our debate day power panel. now, we asked all of you in advance for your pointers for each of the candidate and we're going to put those up on the screen as we talk about this. so joy, i want to start with you. let's show t
mitt romney's aides say he needs to respectfully indict the president's what they called failed policies over the last four years. another thing he may have to do is improve his likability. more than 50 million expected to watch. look at where the numbers stand. his unfavorable versus favorable numbers are the lowest in the nominee has had since 1992. that was george h.w. bush. you see the numbers in florida, virginia and ohio. in all three states, his favorable numbers are below 50%. and those...
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romney focused on foreign policy as well vowing he would link u.s. foreign aid to trade with help going to developing countries that remove barriers to investment and trade. he also discussed unrest in the middle east and said he would have a different approach than president obama. >> a lot of americans including myself are developed -- excuse me, are troubled by developments in the middle east. syria has witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of people. the president of egypt is a member of the muslim brotherhood. our em bass dor to libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. iran is moving towards nuclear weapons capability. we somehow feel that we're at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. a year from now i hope to return this meeting as president having made substantial progress towards the forms i've outlined. i also hope to remind the world of the goodness and the bigness of the american heart. never apologize for america. i believe that america has been one of the greatest forces for good the world has ever known. we can hold
romney focused on foreign policy as well vowing he would link u.s. foreign aid to trade with help going to developing countries that remove barriers to investment and trade. he also discussed unrest in the middle east and said he would have a different approach than president obama. >> a lot of americans including myself are developed -- excuse me, are troubled by developments in the middle east. syria has witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of people. the president of egypt is a...
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economic policy failure. >> we will take all of that back up again. also, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, calling on the united states and united nations to draw a clear red line on iran's nuclear program and former ambassador john bolton. also, shelby steele on how group and identity politics is shaping this presidential election. turning back to the president's so-called new economic patriotism, the polls and what we can expect over the final 40 days now until election day. clinton adviser, fox news political analyst, doug schoen. also, ed rollins, former reagan political director, it's good to have you with us weather thank you very much for having me. lou: let me start with this new theme. we can all agree that the president has a thing called forward i want to understand, if you will, the motto or mitt romney. this is a man ready to sell himself. you don't get to be president simply because you have a combination of democratic election. he has 30 days at this point in time. i would not mention the present. everyone knows this presiden
economic policy failure. >> we will take all of that back up again. also, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, calling on the united states and united nations to draw a clear red line on iran's nuclear program and former ambassador john bolton. also, shelby steele on how group and identity politics is shaping this presidential election. turning back to the president's so-called new economic patriotism, the polls and what we can expect over the final 40 days now until election day....
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the president and mitt romney both talking foreign-policy in new york city today. opinions of these hot topics differ greatly. we look at what each had to say. >> the american university professor who created controversy when she breastfed her child in class will be on " katie" tomorrow. >> is breast-feeding ok in class? you can see that interview and more tomorrow at 4:00. >> we're also following the weather. >> what is the latest? >> the sun just made a little dip behind the clouds. they will break up of debt to marlee. look at what is coming -- they will break up a little bit tomorrow. look at what is coming. those will dissipate before they're really coming to washington but there may be a few light sprinkles. temperatures to marble be in the 80's. ready or not, -- temperatures tomorrow will be in the 80's. here is a new blog. if you are not looking forward to the decreasing amount of daylight by december 1, we will have lost another two hours. it gives you a picture of how it changes with time and the sequence. the next seven days for us, we will see diminishi
the president and mitt romney both talking foreign-policy in new york city today. opinions of these hot topics differ greatly. we look at what each had to say. >> the american university professor who created controversy when she breastfed her child in class will be on " katie" tomorrow. >> is breast-feeding ok in class? you can see that interview and more tomorrow at 4:00. >> we're also following the weather. >> what is the latest? >> the sun just made a...
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in right now to the failure of the president's policies. he has to be able to litigate and make the case that the policies the president has put forward have caused the economy to continue to go down. folks believe the economy is bad right now but what they don't actually believe is it is the president's fault. he has to make that case in the debate with the president standing on the stage with him that the president is the one to blame for the economy we've got right now. >> there is something going on. if he acts too much on the attack, it will look like he is showing disrespect to the president but if he doesn't, then he looks defer yen shl. coach me, tell me how to walk on that stage -- deferential. coach me without being deferential? >> it's a matter of tone and how you address the president. as long as governor romney addresses the president with mr. president, your policies have failed the american people. i think as long as he carries a respectful tone. he needs to be what i would say as passionately aggressive. he is respectful of
in right now to the failure of the president's policies. he has to be able to litigate and make the case that the policies the president has put forward have caused the economy to continue to go down. folks believe the economy is bad right now but what they don't actually believe is it is the president's fault. he has to make that case in the debate with the president standing on the stage with him that the president is the one to blame for the economy we've got right now. >> there is...
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governor romney today blasting the president's foreign policy and his handling of the economy. >> with incomes going down, every year going down, down, down, and prices of electricity up and health insurance up and the cost of gasoline having doubled, these are tough times even for families with jobs. i know what it takes to get this economy going again. i care about the people of america, and the difference between me and president obama is i know what to do, and i will do what it takes to get this economy going. [cheers and applause] arthel: the real clear politics polling average has president obama leading by more than 5% in ohio, about 49 to 44. senior national correspondent john roberts is live in westerville, ohio, where i'm told governor romney turned up the star power, right, john? >> reporter: he certainly did, arthel. he brought golf legend jack nicklaus today, a local guy. he's also a small businessman, and nicklaus told a story of how his small, family-owned company has fallen on economic hard times. he is set to lay off 50% of his staff and cut salaries by as much as 50 p
governor romney today blasting the president's foreign policy and his handling of the economy. >> with incomes going down, every year going down, down, down, and prices of electricity up and health insurance up and the cost of gasoline having doubled, these are tough times even for families with jobs. i know what it takes to get this economy going again. i care about the people of america, and the difference between me and president obama is i know what to do, and i will do what it takes...
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the president's policies will build out the middle class, and how romney's policies will build out the 1%, but it makes him focus or let's the focus be on what romney has actually done throughout his lifetime. on his taxes we see that he has invested in foreign countries with secret corporations in bermuda, banks in the cayman islands, switzerland -- >> a lot of americans invest in foreign countries. doesn't mean they're less patriotic. >> but it means that mitt romney's policies are not focused on building out the middle class in america. that's where i think it comes down. the contrast between somebody that really understands what it is and what policies need to be put in place for the strength of this country to come from the strength in the middle class and he can also put in there the auto bailout, carol. we all know that mitt romney -- >> i don't know. >> exactly. >> patriotism is personal for me. i have my own personal beliefs, what you think is patriotic but patriotism to me doesn't have anything to do with the economy. >> let me tell you, carol, i think before the end of the c
the president's policies will build out the middle class, and how romney's policies will build out the 1%, but it makes him focus or let's the focus be on what romney has actually done throughout his lifetime. on his taxes we see that he has invested in foreign countries with secret corporations in bermuda, banks in the cayman islands, switzerland -- >> a lot of americans invest in foreign countries. doesn't mean they're less patriotic. >> but it means that mitt romney's policies...
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. >> the first debate between presidential candidates mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday october 3rd. jim leher moderates from the university of denver. starting at 7:00 followed by the domestic policy debate and your reaction, follow our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> fordham university hosted a discussion on the jewish vote over the weekend. among the speakers, former new york city mayor ed koch who supports president obama. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> we're here again from the wineman institute in connection to this conference dedicated to the 2012 presidential election and the way it's being shaped by the memory of the holocaust and the politics of israel. we can find no two more interesting people to discuss this topic for many, many reasons. first a former three-term mayor of new york city ed koch. [applause] people forget -- i do not, but people forget that mayor koch actually started as a congressman. so the discussion that we're talking about is not merely about his days as mayor but also he too has run for con
. >> the first debate between presidential candidates mitt romney and president barack obama is next wednesday october 3rd. jim leher moderates from the university of denver. starting at 7:00 followed by the domestic policy debate and your reaction, follow our live coverage on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> fordham university hosted a discussion on the jewish vote over the weekend. among the speakers, former new york city mayor ed koch who supports president...
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we've had businessman romney. foreign policy romney. latino romney. but we still haven't seen aqua romney. >> well, maybe that's not a bad idea. it is looking increasingly like mitt romney needs to do something to catch president obama in key toss-up states including ohio where both candidates are campaigning today. in the latest "the new york times"/quinnipiac poll has the president up ten points in the buckeye state. "the washington post" poll had him up by eight. the president pulled ahead in florida and pennsylvania, as well. drastic times call for drastic measures. the romney campaign is out with a new ad and just romney and the came camera. >> president obama and i both care about poor and middle class families. the difference is my policies will make things better for them. >> but that is a tough sell with middle class voters who believe romney's economic policies only benefit the rich. is it time for romney 4.0? so, i dug in to this quinnipiac poll and a few things that were interesting and struck me. first of all, there's so many people have
we've had businessman romney. foreign policy romney. latino romney. but we still haven't seen aqua romney. >> well, maybe that's not a bad idea. it is looking increasingly like mitt romney needs to do something to catch president obama in key toss-up states including ohio where both candidates are campaigning today. in the latest "the new york times"/quinnipiac poll has the president up ten points in the buckeye state. "the washington post" poll had him up by eight....
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it wasn't a measurement of mitt romney and his policy. here's what we are saying -- >> how much would it cost. >> revenue-neutral. >> chris: i'm talking about the -- we'll get to the deductions. the tax rate. >> the cut in tax rates is lower all americans tax rates, 20%. >> chris: how much does it cost. >> it is revenue neutral. >> chris: it's not unless you take away the deductions. i'm asking you -- we'll get to that in a second. first half, lowering the tax rate. how much -- does it cost $5 trillion. >> no. no. look, i will give you a baseline, what this is about. we're saying, limited deductions, to lower tax rates for everybody and start with it people at the higher end, here's the way it works. i have been on the committee for 12 years. both parties, republicans and democrats have junked up the tax code with give aways and tax breaks, we're saying keep your money in your pocketbook and business and family, in the first place and the way it work today, you send more money to washington, and, then if you do what washington approves of
it wasn't a measurement of mitt romney and his policy. here's what we are saying -- >> how much would it cost. >> revenue-neutral. >> chris: i'm talking about the -- we'll get to the deductions. the tax rate. >> the cut in tax rates is lower all americans tax rates, 20%. >> chris: how much does it cost. >> it is revenue neutral. >> chris: it's not unless you take away the deductions. i'm asking you -- we'll get to that in a second. first half, lowering...
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mitt romney talking foreign policy today. he wrapped up a speech to the clinton global initiative just in the last hour. in that speech he laid out a specific plan that deals with the distribution of foreign aid. >> the aim of a much larger share of our aid must be the promotion of work and the fostering of free enterprise. nothing we can do as a nation will change lives and nations more effectively and permanently than sharing the insight that lies at the foundation of america's own economy, and that is that free people pursuing happiness in their own ways build a strong and prosperous nation. >> president obama will address that same group just after noon eastern today. of course, after he makes his reremarks before the united nations. >>> monday night madness. football fans talking about last night's game which was decided on a very controversial touchdown call. replacement refs say seahawks receiver golden tate and packers jennings both came down with the ball. tate was awarded the touchdown. there's been a huge social me
mitt romney talking foreign policy today. he wrapped up a speech to the clinton global initiative just in the last hour. in that speech he laid out a specific plan that deals with the distribution of foreign aid. >> the aim of a much larger share of our aid must be the promotion of work and the fostering of free enterprise. nothing we can do as a nation will change lives and nations more effectively and permanently than sharing the insight that lies at the foundation of america's own...
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or the economic policies. all he needs to talk about is failure, crisis, the inability of this president to get the deficit under control, deficits mean new taxes. debt mean new taxes. unemployment means misery in this country. if he can understand that, then he can win this debate. what it is for mitt romney is saying i welcome you into my house. let's come in, have this discussion. if you hents wanted to come into my house before, now think about it. >> brian: just one thing that will be interesting 'cause they'll have a whole section on obamacare and you have the romneycare incident. so -- >> he's an expert, mitt romney on health care. he did it differently in massachusetts. he shouldn't be embarrassed about it. he can talk about it in a real way. >> brian: and he has recently on the stump. peter johnson, jr., thanks. >> we'll be watching. >> brian: and analyze tomorrow. 11 minutes before the top of the hour. up next, do you always hate what you see when you look in the mirror? up next, dr. keith ablow tell
or the economic policies. all he needs to talk about is failure, crisis, the inability of this president to get the deficit under control, deficits mean new taxes. debt mean new taxes. unemployment means misery in this country. if he can understand that, then he can win this debate. what it is for mitt romney is saying i welcome you into my house. let's come in, have this discussion. if you hents wanted to come into my house before, now think about it. >> brian: just one thing that will...
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governor romney has been trying to assert that president obama is not strong enough on foreign policy, that he has not been as tough as he should be with china. i am not sure if that is getting through and i wonder if governor romney might be better revised in this campaign to articulate in a much more detailed way just how he would change american foreign and national security policy on the big issues. how do we deal with russia, china, get out of afghanistan? so, as you know, the debates start next week and it looks like foreign policy will be a big part of the debate and i think it is healthy that we discussed these issues. host: we want your comments from the viewers out there. nicholas burns spent 27 years in the u.s. foreign service, for an undersecretary for political affairs. we would get your calls in a moment, numbers are on the bottom of the screen. we will read twitter messages as well. we want to talk about iran and begin with a short piece from the president yesterday from the u.n.. [video clip] we respect the right of nations to access peaceful nuclear power, but one of
governor romney has been trying to assert that president obama is not strong enough on foreign policy, that he has not been as tough as he should be with china. i am not sure if that is getting through and i wonder if governor romney might be better revised in this campaign to articulate in a much more detailed way just how he would change american foreign and national security policy on the big issues. how do we deal with russia, china, get out of afghanistan? so, as you know, the debates...
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i think that president obama thinks that he's sort of wins on foreign policy against romney, and he doesn't really draw more attention to all the unrest in the middle east that's going on right now, but, you know, pairing his visit with going on "the view" obviously was really bad optics. the campaign is sort of trying to backtrack that, saying it was a scheduling matter, both events were in new york, so he tried to be efficient with his time. it's sort of just a lose-lose situation for him. if he had met with the leaders, he would have drawn more attention to the problems in the middle east. >> greta: he could have done both. he could have gone on "the view" and met with world leaders, right, steve? >> yeah. >> greta: i mean, he could have done both. >> it's inconceivable that he didn't meet with world leaders, that he didn't change his schedule to meet with bibi netanyahu. if you believe the rhetoric coming out of the white house and the state department they buy the way that the israelis define the threat. they sort of want to believe the urgency. yet the president won't meet with netany
i think that president obama thinks that he's sort of wins on foreign policy against romney, and he doesn't really draw more attention to all the unrest in the middle east that's going on right now, but, you know, pairing his visit with going on "the view" obviously was really bad optics. the campaign is sort of trying to backtrack that, saying it was a scheduling matter, both events were in new york, so he tried to be efficient with his time. it's sort of just a lose-lose situation...
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these are the same sorts of policies that mitt romney would pursue now, they lead to the economic crisis in the first place. why would rereturn to them, we are starting to teu we were losing more than 800,000 jobs a month. manufacturing is resurgent, gm is coming back, why would rereturn to the same sorts of policies that crushed the middle class in the first place stpha. bill: the crushing comment was in the a mistake. >> it was a specific reference to the policies that crushed the economy and devastated the middle class and we certainly can't return to this. bill: do you standby it? >> do we think that the middle class was buried as a result of the middle class, absolutely. bill: you standby the comment of joe biden. all right i hear you. what is the most difficult question that president obama has to answer tonight? >> well, i'll leave that to the moderators. here is our goal tonight. it sound like mitt romney has prepared a bunch of zingers, we'll leave that to david letterman, i don't think that is what the american people are looking for. we view the debate like we view the convent
these are the same sorts of policies that mitt romney would pursue now, they lead to the economic crisis in the first place. why would rereturn to them, we are starting to teu we were losing more than 800,000 jobs a month. manufacturing is resurgent, gm is coming back, why would rereturn to the same sorts of policies that crushed the middle class in the first place stpha. bill: the crushing comment was in the a mistake. >> it was a specific reference to the policies that crushed the...
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when it comes to foreign policy. for him to admit, yeah, there was terrorism on my watch that, is not helpful to his story that he got bin laden and he's got things under control. >> brian: you can't take credit for the libyans rising up and chasing out these militias in different areas and say this was not the militias who perpetrated the attack. that means they folded an entire country, including the tribes. newt gingrich was asked directly, he answered directly, the difference between -- on greta last night, between a hillary clinton approach to this and a president obama approach. let's listen. >> hillary clinton is a serious person. barak obama is an ambitious person. they're very different personalities. hillary clinton actually gets up every day thinking about public policy. barak obama gets up every day thinking about barak obama. they're very different approaches to life. i think those of us who are his critics need to get over it and understand, this is who is president. this is a man who in the age of fals
when it comes to foreign policy. for him to admit, yeah, there was terrorism on my watch that, is not helpful to his story that he got bin laden and he's got things under control. >> brian: you can't take credit for the libyans rising up and chasing out these militias in different areas and say this was not the militias who perpetrated the attack. that means they folded an entire country, including the tribes. newt gingrich was asked directly, he answered directly, the difference between...